The Obama Administration boasted today about forcing religious institutions to cover free contraception to employees including abortion drugs. The president bragged about the law to a St. Louis audience last year.Catholic Vote reported, via Free Repubic:

Liberals are crowing about what they see as a huge victory for them — and they are right — because this victory comes at the expense of religious liberty.

Welcome to the Obama 2012 reelection plan: ignore and marginalize people of faith, pander to the far-left’s sexual-political priorities.

Today, in a huge victory for women’s health, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that most employers will be required to cover contraception in their health plans, along with other preventive services, with no cost-sharing such as co-pays or deductibles. This means that after years of trying to get birth control covered to the same extent that health plans cover Viagra, our country will finally have nearly universal coverage of contraception.

Opponents of contraception had lobbied hard for a broad exemption that would have allowed any religiously-affiliated employer to opt out of providing such coverage. Fortunately, the Obama administration rejected that push and decided to maintain the narrow religious exemption that it initially proposed. Only houses of worship and other religious nonprofits that primarily employ and serve people of the same faith will be exempt. Religiously-affiliated employers who do not qualify for the exemption and are not currently offering contraceptive coverage may apply for transitional relief for a one-year period to give them time to determine how to comply with the rule.

Catholic leaders previously voiced their opposition to the new Obamacare regulations that force faith groups to violate church tenets and pay for employees’ birth control. The new rules are so strict that most Catholic institutions will not qualify for an exemption.

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StrangernFiction

The Land of the Decree and the Home of the Slave

Oldsailors Poet

So he is attacking the Catholic Church? Most Latinos are Catholic. Way to alienate a base Mr. Wile E Coyote (Super Genius).

Granny

Not two weeks ago the Supreme Court of the United States of America put forth a unanimous decision on a religious liberty case that specified that religious institutions are not subject to various employment laws. I suspect Obama is counting his chickens FAR too soon in the face of a direct precident.

Catholic institutions should not only ignore Sebelius, but publicly defy her. Let Obama’s minion try to enforce it. It’s be ANOTHER unanimous decision in favor of religious liberty.

Patty

Letter to Obama: It’s not just Catholics who oppose HSS over ‘contraception mandate’

The services outlined in the guidelines will be required in insurance policies that begin their plan years Aug. 1 of this year or thereafter, according to HHS. If the interim rule on the religious exemption is altered, it will become effective at the same time.

In addition to Land, other signers of the letter included Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals; Colby May, senior counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice; Tom Minnery, senior vice president of Focus on the Family; Stanley Carlson-Thies, president of the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance; Nathan Diament, executive director for public policy of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Abba Cohen, vice president for federal affairs of Agudath Israel of America; Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference; Ron Sider, president of Evangelicals for Social Action; and Paul Corts, president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

Also signing were the heads of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, Christian Community Development Association, Christian Legal Society and Prison Fellowship Ministries. The presidents of four schools affiliated with Baptist state conventions — David Olive of Bluefield College, William Fleming of Palm Beach Atlantic University, Samuel Oliver of East Texas Baptist University and Lee Royce of Mississippi College – signed the letter as well.

Regarding the abortion-causing drugs covered under the contraceptive mandate, “emergency contraception,” also known as the “morning-after” pill, is basically a heavy dose of birth control pills. While the normally two-step process can restrict ovulation in a woman or prevent fertilization, it also can block implantation of the early embryo in the uterine wall. The latter effect would cause an abortion, pro-life advocates point out. An IUD also can prevent implantation.

“Ella,” though approved as “emergency contraception” by the FDA in 2010 and labeled a “morning-after” pill by supporters, is more closely related to the abortion drug RU 486, according to pro-life organizations. Like RU 486, it blocks production of the hormone progesterone, destroying the placenta that provides nutrition to the embryo and causing the tiny, unborn child’s death, the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists says. “Ella” also can block implantation.

During a public comment period provided by HHS, Land protested in a Sept. 30 submission the use of taxpayer funds in support of abortion drugs and the violations of religious liberty and freedom of conscience in the guidelines.

They must destroy the power of the church, so the take over is complete. They believe all voters are sheeple that can be herded to their will, or they will raise the dead on election day and cram their agenda down on us. It has been predicted in the Book of Daniel 11:20 -45 and in Revelations. Get right with God.

Zim

Don’t worry the catholics will vote for Obama no matter what….just like the jewish people.

Molon Labe

Someone explain to me again that Obama is a Christian.

Only the stupidest can support this man. I am amazed that there are those who still support Mr. 666.

StrangernFiction

Catholic institutions should not only ignore Sebelius, but publicly defy her.

And the more public the better.

StrangernFiction

Don’t worry the catholics will vote for Obama no matter what….just like the jewish people.

It would be interesting to see the breakdown of support for Obama between Catholics and non-Catholics.

Economan

Another feather in the tyranical hat for Obama. Where’s the shock? He’s been shredding the Constitution like P Prenthood shreds documents. The media of course, will color it wonderful and the SCOTUS will sit on its hands as it has done the OTHER times Obama misuses power and grabs for more.

Patty

And as far as Catholic and Jews voting for Obama. I have spoken to those of both faiths. And where I live the majority WILL NOT, vote for Obama this go round.

Kendra

And yet Muslims will be allowed to opt out of obamacare…. I’m disgusted with this man.

Patty

I hear that Obama doesn’t endorse any faith. Nor does he speak of his beliefs. THAT IS WHAT THE MEDIA IS WANTING ALL OF US TO BELIEVE.

Really? Why doesn’t he? ever wonder about that? First two years, nothing, and for months never went to Church on Sunday. Left Wright’s church, why, POLITICAL CAREER.

President Obama is “ramping up his ‘God talk’ for the re-election campaign, in late 2011. Campaign season in full swing for Politician in Chief.

His strategy to connect with evangelical voters may not work for Obama.

We will see if America remembers the past history or the liberal media keep covering things up.

Stuart

Right on StrangernFiction #10
It is time that the churches said NO!!!!! What is the government going to do? Well the first thing would be to sue and attempt to take church property. What of it?
It is long past time for the evangelical churches to stand with Luther and declare: “heir steih ich, ich cann nicht tun anders”. Translation here I stand I can not do otherwise.
Also from Luther’s Ein Feste Berg: ( A Mighty Fortress)
Take they our life, goods, fame, child, and wife, let these all be gone, they yet have nothing won. The Kingdom ours remaineth.

In case you are curious I am not a religious person but I recognize oppression when I see it. It is time to stand against it.

Robert

No need to feel sorry for the Catholics,
they are just getting what they voted for.

Is his faith, no hand on his heart when the pledge of alliance is said. Is his faith G ding America. Is is faith prejudice or more like saying one thing to his audience and the behind close doors to the complete opposite.

Who can forget these words: Obama Says He Doesn’t Want His Daughters Punished with a Baby.

So, abort the baby is in Obama care. We will pay for it and they will ignore the people again.

See a pattern here?

Gus

Someone explain to me, how the GOVERNMENT has any business in REQUIRING INSURANCE companies to give away things for free?

Gini

I would hope that in the future all Roman Catholic institutions would hire ONLY Roman Catholics – then the employee would not dare ask for free contraception stuff. The various churches must start standing up and being counted!

#7 bing……………is islamic organizations going to have to do the same? just questioning here………

Multitude

Nothing like making people do stuff morally prohibited to them. Soon Obama’s administration will force Muslims to eat bacon wrapped porkchops, make gays have heterosexual relations, demand the NOW leadership look pretty wearing makeup and shaving their armpits, and force Democratic Congresspersons to refuse an occasional bribe.

Liberalism is a front for Socialist Communism in America. Part of their plan is to make socially acceptable things that they know is unacceptable to most all Christian’s, no matter what the name of your faith is, i.e. Catholic, etc.. We must fight against such things and expose the fact that they are not people’s “right” to be able to obtain contraseption and abortions and not pay for it. That is one of the tenates of liberalism is along with a right comes not having to be victimized by your choice, like having to pay for your own choices of what you want to do, like buy contraseption and abortions if you worked at a church or such and were Christian.

Liberalism started out selecting the most proliferate race of people in the country and used their culture as a means to force the rest of society to accept their misbehavior as what should be made a “normal” behavior. Since the 60’s when “free love” as what most all teens wanted and as they stepped out into the world to pursue this free love, whether they found it or not wasn’t the point. What was the point was that it wasn’t nearly impossible to find it outside of prostitutes like it was back in the day. Now it was acceptable for anyone in any situation to take advantage of the social norm and that was you could finally screw anyone you wanted and no one would look down on you if you were caught. It was because you had rights now, and not having to live with the guilt of doing something that was “taboo” anymore. Just think of having that weight lifted from your shoulders. Now you could do as you please because after all we were just like what was acceptable in the Black race as our role models of proper behavior.

Liberalism is a disease that rots society out from the inside. First they make moral the immoral. Then they force society to accept immoral behavior as the norm by getting the courts to pass opinion on issues that are close to home with conservatives and Christian’s. Now, they have gained so much power in the legislature and the courts that no one can oppose them in these or any other issue.

How can we get our right to have a moral society again? Remove the tools liberals use to get their way, and that is the judges in these local, state, and Federal circut courts by getting passed law in your state to be able to empeach these judges so the liberals won’t have anyone on their side who can put pressure on legislator’s from the bench because we will replace liberal judges with conservative ones who will pass judgement in favor of morality rather than perversion. And then we’ll be able to put pressure on our legislator’s to put the Constitutional law of the land back in control of people’s behavior, instead of allowing behavior like that of the Black race to be made the norm rather than everyone else’s that this nation used to be guided by.

Suprsvc01

@ #10 StrangernFiction commented:

“Catholic institutions should not only ignore Sebelius, but publicly defy her.

And the more public the better.”

I totally agree. When morons issue lawless decrees infringing on our liberties and exercise of our own free will, then we have an obligation to pay them no mind. If everyone just ignores their stupid rules, tehn they have to back off.

Just say no…

HeatherRadish

Today, in a huge victory for women’s health

The artificial hormones in contraceptives increase women’s risk of hypertension, stroke, fatal blood cots, probably some stuff I’m forgetting. But hey, now that’s all paid for by people who don’ t use them! Some victory.

retire05

Recently the 5th Circut Court of Appeals upheld the Texas law passed last year requiring sonigrams prior to any abortion, overturning the lower court decision that the law violated the rights of privacy. The higher court said that the law is consistant with the “Patient’s Right to Information” law.

Too bad we didn’t have a candidate that supported that kind of legislation.

as a catholic i agree that the catholic church should ignore this edict. the tyrant does not care what anyone else wants that is why they are a tyrant. to keep your freedom you have to resist the tyrant.

protest&survive

#29 WillOfLa

Seek professional help, dude.

#1AMERICAN

foodstamp president
abortion kid killing president
mooslum president
illegal kenyan president
anti christ president
anti america president
failed green jobs president

I am sure there are many more so feel free to keep adding to the list of this poor POS

Blue Hen

The leadership of the American Catholic Church created this mess. They shilled for obama, and criticized people who spoke against him. One vatician publication (briefly) tried floating the notion that Obama wasn’t truly pro-abortion. The local diocesian newspaper attacked the tea Party twice directly and ran repeated puff pieces for Joe Biden and Obama. And now he turned on them. Many of the people opposed this, but the leadership failed the Church again.

Fafnir the dragoon

Very amusing. The Baptists were perfectly in favor of contraception, and of abortion rights as well, up to the point the leadership realized they could accumulate a lot of wealth and power by pushing reactionary BS to the masses. Then, rather quickly, they changed their minds, and their sheep-like followers turned on a dime and realized that they had been at war with Eastasia Estrogen all along.

At the point any Protestant has a principled, theologically sound reason for opposing contraception I will be astonished. The Catholics, on the other hand, have a principled if logically unsound reason for opposing contraception, and therefor deserve at least a bit of credit and respect on this issue.

“Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. “This common sense decision means that millions of WOMEN, who would otherwise pay $15 to $50 a month,……………**will have access to affordable birth control,**…………helping them save hundreds of dollars each year.”
IT’S JUST ANOTHER WAY OF STOPPING BIRTHS, THAT’S ALL. HAS THIS GOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH MORE AND MORE PRESSURE BEING PUT ON ABORTIONS?

Joanne

Will mosques be forced to offer birth control of employees? Hah, their employees are probably all men anyhow. I can’t believe Americans are standing for this guy.

lemonaide

#36 – interesting comment. Will have to do some research since my perception is just the opposite. The USCCB has publically opposed Obama’s pro-abortion/pro-contraception agenda at the same time Catholics in the pews sadly voted for him. This one didn’t.

As an Irish Catholic. (McLibtards of County Cook) I will vote for his deliciousness the most honorable Barry O’Bama. He wants to help people, and he doesn’t like bad bad Repubilcans who want to kill your Grandmother.

Besides, what could be so bad about Communism. I hear pumpernickel is tasty!!!

The Catholic Church will simply stop offering health benefits to employees. That’s the whole point of this. Obama assured his supporters that he would pass a bill that would force the insurance companies out of business would force businesses to drop their coverage, and would destroy the Church-run health care systems. End result, uncovered, underserved sick people will clamor for single payer. This is just part of the same effort as the Church will have to simply stop providing benefits to workers. Does Obama think none of have convictions?

Mo

Tyranny.

Others have used the word, but that’s all this is. It’s NO different than the Communists did in Russia.

Obama is a tryant, and has to be opposed, and if people and institutiions stand idly by, then the takeover will happen and be complete.

driguana

Hispanic Catholics wouldn’t back away from Obama even if he told them heaven no longer existed…..same with African-Americans…..to them being Democrat is some kind of badge of honor…too bad they can’t have minds of their own…maybe this election they’ll wake up and actually see the light!

Obamas regulation destroy jobs

We all of together–must unite..this is it..our last chance to FIGHT against this evil that has been introduced by Valerie Jarrett–read her history–she mentored him–hell she is the one that introduced Michele to him. She is the leader of the PACK. She brought Lisa Jackson in from Jersey as the HATCHET lady for EPA. She fired IG WIlpin after he saw what Van Jones was doing as a communist. Valerie Jarrett is his shadow—she is his power and tells them what to do–did you hear what she said at the pulpit of a Church??? A church–they should have stopped her and said to her–NOT here…take your lies outside–but they did nothing–they had both houses…they are evil—-this is a plan read about her communism and what her plans are for our country–KNOW THY ENEMY well…Stalin, Lenin and MAO all went to school here in the US-they said, we must know your ideologies–how you think. We built America we did it and we will get her back–and never forget what they did and how easily they did it–how trusting we were…true vampire parasites–power hungry dogs— the MEDIA is their hammer and Hollywood is their thrones… GOD is a dirty word to them–

Theadora

#39 – Joanne

Muslims are exempt from obamacare. They have been from the start.

The reason is that muslims supposedly consider buying insurance equal to gambling and their religion frowns on that.

So, the muzzie in the WH let all his muzzie friends off the hook!

kay

good. the muslim call in the morning will include handing out condoms to the men and birth control to the women. in public schools the muslims won’t be able to carve out an exemption like they did for ‘footbaths’. I’m sorry about the catholic church. I’m catholic. But not enough catholics are being catholic so I’m being anti-religious and that means non-pro-muslim. Thank GOD. I want muslim institutions to HAVE to cover free contraception and I want the ACLU to force them to do so.

kay

@55 – how are muslims exempt from obamacare? no a snarky question. I’d really like to know.

The truth is is that the Catholic Church never supported Obama after he declared his severe
Pro choice opinion. The Vatican spoke out against this growing movement more so than any other institution. This is why most of the protesters who showed up at Notre Dame when they handed Mr Obama his free education were Catholics, Bishops, and Priests including myself. U of M is now held in higher regard ironically enough. But this doesn’t change the truth of the matter that this is one of the most disgusting decades I’ve ever seen. We kill our children, rape our rights and liberties, abandon our elderly, and forsake our soldiers who die for our protection. I don’t believe Obama is any sort of Antichrist, but his is absolutely horribly misguided and flat out wrong. More than a tyrant he’s a murderer. All the men, women, and even children who have lost their life at various times for the righteous cause of liberty have been spat on. The worst part of it is that Obama is only a little responsible; we hold most of the guilt. He wouldn’t have been able, also government in general, to do the things he has- if we would have first educated ourselves and then struck back. Now it has come to this and atleast thankfully now we’re awake, but our constitution is on it’s deathbed if we don’t act in equal measure to those who desecrate it. Now is the time to rise up and “make” them hear your voice. No one candidate is going to show up in shining armor as your hero- the truth of it is is that “you” are your own hero. Take action and take to the street- above all take action to the powers that be. Don’t wait for your savior, ” Help cones to those that first help themselves”. May God bless all of us and have mercy on the souls of the unborn and the rest of us no matter our faith.

[What is remarkable and at issue here, is certainly not the right of MPAC’s
leadership to have a personal opinion on health care policy. But what is
most telling is how these Islamist organizations have a way of finding a
way to worm themselves and their Islamization agenda into every political
issue related to government under the name of Islam and Muslims. As is
typical of Islamists, they exploit Muslim faith based organizations and their
often unsuspecting supporters and members for their own very specific
domestic and foreign policy agenda of the day. This agenda clearly and
malignantly crosses the line of mosque and state in an aim to impose the
Islamization of every topic related to the domain of government and public
policy upon the Muslim community and ultimately the greater American
community.

Does this ring a bell? …]

yes, we have been warned time and
again, to our peril, we do not listen..

==

dnb

Thank you United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for so brilliantly believing a man who voted (and not just present) for born alive abortions. You didn’t see this coming? Really, because so many of us did. And just when will you be excommunicating Ms. Sebelius and Ms. Pelosi?

Unfortunately we haven’t. It’s easy for us to be misled by the media and it’s cronies. I’m not sure if this is an anti Muslim site or not, but for the record I am not anti Muslim. Muslims aren’t the issue, big government is. Washington under the back to back Bush/Obama years has spun completely outta control with the formation of the D of HS, the Patriot Act, Obamacare, the NDAA 2012, and SOPA/PIPA. Thankfully the later was shot down thanks to Mozilla, Wikipedia, Anonymous, and the 13 million people who took action and protested. Now we need to get the real enemy in our sights with the same tenacity and shut down the mass corruption in Washington. If Obama is re-elected I firmly believe our rights and liberties as we knew them will be lost. Time to take action.

bg

++

btw, if you haven’t listened to or done any research on these
as yet, may i ask what the heck you’re you waiting for?? gah!!

To translate this Edict, the American Caesar has spoken and given the Catholic Church 13 months to comply with its unjust regulation or face punitive consequences.

“Obama administration has drawn an unprecedented line in the sand. The Catholic bishops are committed to working with our fellow Americans to reform the law and change this unjust regulation. We will continue to study all the implications of this troubling decision. In effect, the president is saying we have a year to figure out how to violate our consciences.To force American citizens to choose between violating their consciences and forgoing their healthcare is literally unconscionable.” (Cardinal Designate Dolan, Abp of New York, President, USCCB)

WASHINGTON,DC (Catholic Online) – The moment that President Obama nominated Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services he sent the signal of where he would lead this nation. Sadly, many people did not see the signs, including some Catholics.

Of course, anyone who heard former Presidential candidate Obama utter his “that’s above my pay grade” answer to Reverend Rick Warren’s question as to “when a baby gets human rights” – either had their head in the sand – or was no friend of children in the womb themselves.

This President does not respect the fundamental Human Right to Life, period. Sorry Doug Kmiec and all the others who were snowed by his sophistry, the truth is now very clear and I sincerely hope you join in the necessary resistance to this unjust administration.

The Secretary’s own Archbishop, in May of 2008, asked then Governor Sebelius to refrain from receiving Holy Communion because of her “30-year history of advocating and acting in support of legalized abortion”. He noted that she was engaging in what the Catholic Catechism defines as “scandal”, when “one’s action leads someone else to sin. Scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil.” (CCC#2284)

Patty

President Obama has selected Catholics to serve in his administration who openly defy their own Church. Now, as if that wasn’t bad enough, all of the subterfuge and sophistry which has surrounded his promise to honor religious liberty and respect freedom of conscience in the implementation of his “Affordable care Act” has been unmasked.

what a carpooch. Obama that is. What is his end game. He sure does believe he is going to have a second term. Money, voter fraud, sees something we don’t, counts his chickens before the hatch.

Will they come home to roost. This guy has some big echo. Never a dull moment in Obamaville.

el polacko

if the catholics are following their church’s teaching and not using contraceptives then there’s nothing to be covered by their insurance. however, most catholics do not accept the idea that all sex must produce babies. the problem the organization has is with their followers, not their insurance company.

On the contrary most Catholics may have sex for reasons other than procreation, whats wrong with that, but that doesn’t mean we support contraception. Most of us don’t. The Catholic Church advocates and practices Natural Family Planning. However, every dysfunctional family has those who are severely misled like pelosi and sibelius. They misrepresent the majority.

sigh

Awesome. Looking forward to Notre Dame giving him another honorary degree for Meritorious Merit in General Non-Political Wonderfulness.

(ND hasn’t gotten a cent from me since 2009. This just reaffirms that decision.)

Steve

We have the entire 1 hr 39 minute GOP Presidential Debate posted now on Common Cents…

The USA has the fourth largest Catholic population in the world……….Obama being a teacher and follower and himself [alinskyite} What better way to destory a large institution this being Catholic church here, by contraception…..Alinkyite job is destory large institution in order to control………….just think saying here

Oral contraceptives increase risk of breast cancer >250% in young women (the particularly dangerous triple-negative cancer. This should be on every warning labels! Also prostate cancer has been linked to oral contraceptives that contain non-biodegradable artificial hormone released to the environment.

May be the birth control is a personal decision, but it is becoming my financial responsibility to subsidize more than doubling the cancer risk in women. I oppose it!!!!

They are not Forcing birth control down your throat…it’s simply a covered option If you CHOOSE it. I am catholic and I know many Catholics that take birth control. Why are we making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Anonymous

This is just horrible. Obama you need to realize that you are going against the U.S. Constitution! There should be separation between church and state! Catholics we need to fight against this!